Nature healing in corona times
Since the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, the world has seen a number of changes so far. Many changes may be temporary and we will be again doing things soon the way we did during pre-corona times. However, many changes are going to be permanent and these are likely to remain with us for many years or decades.
A few changes seem to be good for someone and many changes look irritating for other. Using of masks, taking care of hygiene, following social distancing, we have come down a long way. But it’s not only human who is being the witness of a lot of changes in life and lifestyle. Also, the nature is also going through many changes.
Coronavirus impacts on human and nature
Like drastic impacts of any other pandemic in the history, as seen earlier three consecutive times, once in every hundred years, coronavirus pandemic has also damaged the world, which will take many years to recover. With business shutdowns and vast layoffs caused by Covid outbreak, people have lost sources of livelihood.
They are facing unemployment, rising poverty and food scarcity in a number of regions of the world. This is the dark reality of a pandemic and we can never be happy with such changes. Can we expect also some good changes in these dark times? Yes, of course. These good changes have occurred in the nature and we can feel them because we are part of the nature.
With months of coronavirus lockdown in most of the countries, the nature has witnessed less pollution, better air quality and clear water resources. When human remained inside homes, the levels of road pollution, industry waste and river garbage saw a significant drop, resulting in better atmosphere for all living creatures.
Human is home, nature is healing during corona
Environment responded immediately to positive developments as human was resting and nature was healing. Scientists saw even ozone layer repairing its hole itself to ensure us less contact of ultraviolet rays with our skin once we are out again. A number of rare birds and wild animals came out to claim their existence. They made us realize that it’s human who has encroached their spaces by vast deforesting and urbanization.
When we were in, a lot of developments were happening in the nature out there. Nature is enormous and it can heal itself, that’s proven already during Covid lockdown. Population explosion has caused depletion of natural resources at a very fast rate. The pandemic has given us an opportunity to realise the value of nature.
We are breathing fresh air and looking at clear water in rivers. If we still don’t hear the alarm and keep deceiving the nature’s trust, it will be not a big mistake. It will not be just a fault, but it will be a crime. Why should the world commit a crime with the boundless nature again after Covid-like devastating result of its previous deed?
Human’s duties towards nature
Nature has given us a lot, everything we needed. We don’t have any power to give anything back to it. And it never even asks us for that because we are not separate from it. But we cannot shirk off our responsibility to save the nature and don’t hurt it as we did in the past. We must not forget that if there is nature, there are we. Without the nature, we have no existence.
We must hope that coronavirus pandemic has taught the human enough to respect the nature and have kindness for its creatures, weather human or other living beings. This July 28, we observed the World Nature Conservation Day to realize that all the species have equal rights on the natural resources. And it’s human’s duty to ensure that animals are dwelling in their natural habitats.
Further, contrary to the persistent thoughts, human has to realize that time and money are something but not everything. And it’s the nature that has the real power. We can hope that after-corona world will be kinder to ensure nature’s space and love it and thank to it for everything.
